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Using Technology to Enhance School Improvement

Using the Change Toolkit to Update the West Virginia Strategic Plan for Schools. Using Technology to Enhance School Improvement. West Virginia Institutes for 21 st Century Leadership Spring Session 2008 David M. Quinn, Ph.D. University of Florida. Change Toolkit - Overview.

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Using Technology to Enhance School Improvement

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  1. Using the Change Toolkit to Update the West Virginia Strategic Plan for Schools Using Technology to Enhance School Improvement • West Virginia Institutes for 21st Century Leadership Spring Session 2008 David M. Quinn, Ph.D. University of Florida

  2. Change Toolkit - Overview • The Reinventing Education Change Toolkit, based on the work of Harvard Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, is a Web site created by IBM to help education professionals be more effective at leading and implementing change. • Created through the collaborative effort of Rosabeth Moss Kanter, IBM's Reinventing Education project, together with Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), and National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). • This presentation will show participants how to utilize several of the tools in the Toolkit to update their schools’ strategic plan.

  3. Change Toolkit - Components • School leaders can use the Change Toolkit to learn about effective change strategies and to get customized feedback on their own situations and tailored change management advice. • The Change Toolkit also contains more than 30 diagnostic tools to assess organizational readiness and aptitude in change management, as well as real-life vignettes from educators who have been successful at creating substantial, lasting change. • The Change Toolkit provides a forum for online collaboration and discussion to enable teams to work together and share documents, “to do” lists, meeting minutes, and lessons learned.

  4. Change Wheel

  5. Change Masters

  6. Change Fundamentals

  7. School Improvement

  8. Change Toolkit Planning Tools • Discussion • Meeting Minutes • To Do List • Glossary

  9. Strategic Plan Components • Membership • Core Beliefs • Mission • Data Analysis • Goals, Objectives & Benchmarks • High Yield Practices & Strategies • Work Plan • Technology Plan

  10. Membership • Change Masters: • Enlisting Supporters: Getting Buy-In and Building Coalitions • Action Tools: Stakeholder Review Worksheet • Developing the Dream: Nurturing the Working Team • Diagnostic: How Effective is our Teamwork? • Action Tools: Developing Team Muscles • Action Tools: Tips for Managing Teams • Change Fundamentals: • Designing and Planning Change Projects • Background: Designing Change Project (Steering Committees) • Change Wheel: • Champions and Sponsors • Background: Champions and Sponsors • Diagnostic: Are we Adequately Supplied with Champions and Sponsors?

  11. Core Beliefs / Mission • Change Wheel: • Common Themes, Shared Vision • Diagnostic: Do We Have Common Themes, Shared Vision?

  12. Data Analysis • School Improvement: • Data-Driven Decision Making • Diagnostic: Data-Driven Decision Making Diagnostic • Action Tools: Data-Driven Decision Making Foundations Worksheet • Action Tools: Managing to Learning Results Worksheet

  13. Data Analysis: Culture & Conditions • Change Fundamentals: • Changing Organizational Culture & Character • Diagnostic: How Helpful is the Organizational Character of Our School? • Action Tools: Changing Organizational Culture: Basic Principles

  14. Goals, Objectives & Benchmarks • Change Wheel: • Measures, Milestones and Feedback • Action Tools: Developing and Putting In Place Measures and Milestones

  15. High Yield Practices & Strategies • School Improvement: • Learning Alignment • Action Tools: Learning Alignment Action Plan (Standards) • Action Tools: Learning Alignment Action Plan (Curriculum & Instruction)

  16. Work Plan • School Improvement: • Learning Alignment • Action Tools: Learning Alignment Action Plan (Professional Development) • Change Wheel: • Measures, Milestones and Feedback • Action Tools: Developing and Putting In Place Measures and Milestones

  17. Other Ideas for the Toolkit • Organize your professional learning communities • Launching change initiatives • RTI • Technology Integration • Grade level, subject or vertical teaming projects

  18. Writing the Strategic Plan • Googledocs

  19. Strategic Planning Social Network • Ning

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